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Seib & Wessel: What We’re Reading Friday

Nov 15, 2013 7:59 am ET

By Gerald F. Seib and David Wessel

Recommended reading from around the Web:

Fred Barnes writes that presidents often try to change the subject when they are in trouble, but that President Barack Obama has limited ability to change the topic of conversation away from Obamacare. He has had too few foreign-policy successes to make the traditional pivot in that direction, and the health story is too compelling for the press to turn away. [Weekly Standard]

President Obama’s last campaign — to save the Affordable Care Act — may be his toughest, says Dan Balz. “It is about competency and delivering on promises.” he says. In a sense, the president is running against himself and the exaggerated promises he made to the public. [Washington Post]